Victory In Surrender

June 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment

VICTORY IN SURRENDER

A must read by Bob Colquhoun

I want to tell you about who my God is. He is who he says he is:  first and foremost the Almighty Creator. The Alpha and the Omega, the One who was, and is, and is still to come.  He is everything that is righteous and just. He is unconditional in love and forgiveness. God and God alone can give new life to the lost and the wicked. For those of you who are doubters and skeptics, I want to tell you how I know this to be true.

My story begins with being raised in a Christian home but falling away from that when I finally made it into the “popular” crowd when I became a strong swimmer in high school. I graduated with scholarships in both swimming and singing, but I left it all behind for rock and roll and a life of sin that took me to the gates of hell, which eventually landed me in prison for 7 years with a classification as being a danger to society.  My life was the worst of the worst with unspeakable violence induced by endless amounts of drugs. I was lost and thought that there was no way I could ever been found.

In prison (on a lifers yard), a place so consumed by hate, violence, and yes even drugs, I met and fell deeply in love with Jesus Christ. By His love, grace, and mercy, and through the unconditional surrender of my soul and spirit, He rescued me and gave me a new life, a second chance.  That was in 1996.

Since my release from prison on 12/31/2001, I have been sharing God’s love through the music He writes through me, and by offering my life as a testimony to His incredible grace and mercy.  He has blessed my life in so many ways. God has set me free from the bondage of sin and drugs. He has healed me of Hepatitis C. He has given me the gift of 3 beautiful kids, two who are adults, and one who I am raising on my own.  He has blessed me with the greatest love I could ever imagine. Every time the world said it would be impossible, God showed me He is not of this world and He answered my prayers.

In January 2012 I set out on what most people would deem an impossible task. I wanted to have all my rights restored and all judgments against me wiped clean. Basically everything that I was arrested for would be wiped away (sort of like a pardon) and I would have a totally clean slate. Although my past was unspeakable and the road ahead would be hard I believed and had faith that this is what God wanted me to do.

Today June 21, 2013 I came home from work and got my mail. I notice an envelope from the state of Arizona as I opened the letter my heart began to beat faster and as I read the letter tears began to run down my face. The letter reads as follows on all of my convictions:

“[This order is] Setting aside the judgment of guilt, dismissing the accusations or information and releasing the Defendant from all applicable penalties and disabilities resulting from the conviction.”  GRANTED: on all counts and cases.

Grace, forgiveness, a new life . . . For those who don’t understand, this outcome is next to impossible. To take me, a man who was at one time considered a danger to society, and to have the state of Arizona grant me forgiveness and a clean slate is almost unheard of. But with God all things are possible, for everyone – even you.  In the very first sentence, I said I want to tell you about who my God is.  The truth is, my God is your God too.  He freely offers grace, forgiveness, and an opportunity for a new life to everyone.

Thank you Lord Jesus, my God and my savior for love, for life, for hope, and for freedom.  You never cease to amaze me.

So what are you waiting for? Surrender your all to Him and see what amazing things God has in store for you.

Philippians 4: 6-9, 13, 19

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The link to the 700 Club feature story on my life

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La Porte City Iowa

May 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
St. Paul United Methodist Church
501 Sycamore Street
La Porte City, IA  50651
Phone:  319-342-2208
Worship Times:  8:30 Traditional and 11:00 Contemporary
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Love

April 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment

You are love

4MJN

By Bob Colquhoun

You wake me in the morning,

You fill my dreams every night,

When I’m feeling scared and overwhelmed you come and hold me tight.

Through all the twist’s in life’s journey,

Through all the highs and the lows,

I face each day with confidence, knowing every second my love for you grows.

For your love dwells deep inside of me and being in love with you is all that I know,

Even when I’m lonely, with you I’m never alone.

Your love,

Perfect in every way

Joshua 1:5 / 1 Corinthians 13

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You are everything to me

April 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment

You are everything to me and for me.

By Bob Colquhoun for you

When I cry, you dry my tears. When I laugh you laugh with me. When I’m happy you share in my joy. When I’m sad you lift me up. You have always been there for me. When I’m alone I am never lonely, because you are always in my heart. When I’m scared you give me strength. When I hurt you comfort me. When I feel lost your always there to guide me.  You are my portion, my strength, and my shield.  When I stumble you pick me up, you are everything to me. There is nothing I can do to make you love me more, and nothing I can do to make you love me less. Your love is perfect.  You are God

Psalm 23 / Psalm 28:7 / Psalm 119: 57 / Lamentation 3:24 /

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Being In Love With God

April 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment

 

Being In Love With God

by Bob Colquhoun

Loving God with all our heart, mind, body, and soul means to surrender and submit all of who we are so that He can transform us into who we are for Him. It is continually setting aside our current  life  so that God’s life can reside in our heart  and He can live in and through us. We must not only continually strive to make the right faith choices, giving God the authority to work in us, but we must also give God our lives so that we can live out the faith choices He gives us.

 

Romans 12:1

 

Loving God with every bit of our lives means becoming one life with Him. It’s exchanging our own thoughts, emotions, and desires, for His Image, His Love, His Wisdom, and His power. It means letting go and surrendering our mind, body, and spirit to His will and purpose for our lives. That has been His desire from the very beginning.

 

Genesis 1:26-27 / Galatians 2:20

 

Realizing the fact that we will make mistakes and we will stumble allows us to truly see and know that Jesus Christ was, is, and always will be, the perfection we should strive for. Through His death He took upon Himself the penalty for our sins. Through His resurrection forgiveness became alive, and through His life we must live as one with Him. This is the Agape ( super natural Love) of God.

 

Romans 3:23, 5:8, 6:23, 10:9 / Ephesians 4:4-6 / John 3:16

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The Power Of The Ressurection

March 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment

The Power of the Resurrection

W/B: Bob Colquhoun

What is meant by the phrase “the power of the resurrection?” To understand,  first we must take a look at what the word resurrection means. Webster’s defines resurrection as:  1: the act of rising again from the dead. 2: the rising again of Christ after His death and burial 3: the rising again of men on the judgment day. In looking at this, it is evident to see that there must be a form of death, either physical or spiritual, in order for there to be resurrection. For me,  one of the greatest evidences of the resurrection of Christ is the dramatic change that the followers of Christ experienced.

It is evident through the word of God that after the death of Christ His followers were so lost and confused that they retreated to their homes and locked themselves in. They were alone, scared, and in disbelief that the one they thought would save them all, was gone. Their spirits, their hopes, their dreams, and their Savior crushed, gone, and dead. The power is in what happens next, and for this there is only one explanation. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all speak of the fact that His followers had locked themselves in their homes in fear of the Jews, and of the fact that Jesus their Savior was dead. Then the Word says that He appeared to them, more than once, and they were transformed from fear and sadness to overwhelming joy and power.  Power in their spirits, power in their souls, power in their hearts, and power in their words. For this there could only been one explanation, Jesus had been resurrected from the dead.

Just as He was resurrected from the form of physical death, His followers were resurrected from a spiritual and emotional death. They went from hiding to proclaiming that Jesus is alive, and this is the power of the resurrection that we cling to daily. The power that gives us the courage to stand for Jesus Christ no matter what the world might say, even unto death. The power to know that sin and Satan have no authority over the One who defeated death, and bought us all with the price of His blood.

Jesus Christ was, is, and always will be every bit of the power in and through the resurrection. He is and always has been God. His plan, even though for some, confusing and hard to fathom, is and always has been perfect. Even as I look at the devastation of my past and look at some of the unspeakable things that sin took me into doing, I now realize that I was dead in every way. Through the power of His perfect plan and of His resurrection, He paid the price and bought me for the day of my resurrection.  He took me from living a life dead in sin, to living a life sold out and surrendered to Him and for Him.  Totally in love with Him.

This is the power that is available to all of us. There is no sin to great, no life so low, and no one so lost, that His Love, Grace, and Mercy can’t save you. All you must do is confess, surrender, and submit every bit of who you are to who He is. There is no time to waste, now is the time, come and feel the power of the resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Be ye transformed.

Read about His resurrection and the resurrection of His followers in

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts 4:8-20

 

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Amazing Grace

March 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Amazing Grace How Sweet It Is

by Bob Colquhoun on Monday, June 27, 2011 at 9:01am

Do you truly know that God loves you? Do have doubts and fears that tell you that you’re not worthy His love , and salvation? This is the lie that has most people have bought into. Rather than surrender and submit themselves to the only one who can truly save them. They reach for self help feel good books or even buy into the lie that there is no hope and they begin to self medicate there pain, anxiety, and depression with alcohol, drugs, and prescription medications. Somewhere along the way we have lost the reality of the awesomeness of God. His love is effortless, and endless. His love can reach down to the lowest of lows and lift us to the highest of highs. His forgiveness is unconditional and His Mercy is for anyone and everyone. Salvation, and true love belong to Him and He gave it to the world as a gift in His Son Jesus Christ. You must understand that ours is not to understand but to just receive all that He has to offer. God’s love is a supper natural love call Agape. Agape is a love that comes with no conditions. Come as you are and allow the power of the Holy Spirit to transform your lives. There is nothing to lose but everything to gain. This, my friends is call Grace. Our lives and everything that goes along with them have been bought and paid for by the blood of Jesus Christ. Hope, forgiveness, sin, pain, suffering, new birth, transformation, Mercy, and Agape love all belong to Him. Sounds simple and one sided and almost unfair, but that’s what makes Grace, Grace. Grace can only be grace when it’s undeserved, unearned, and unmerited. So no matter where you are in your life ,whether the valley or the mountain top take a moment to tell yourself that you are worth it and allow the power of Holy Spirit to transform your life through the Grace of the almighty God.

Grace means, God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense. Everything God has to offer bought and paid for by Jesus Christ as a gift to all who choose to believe and receive.  Surrender your heart to the One who created you.

Ephesians 2:8/ John 3:16

 

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On the 700 Club

May 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment

The 700 Club will be featuring the story about my life and the ministry that God has blessed me with. The times and stations are as follows. These time are based on CST

The 700 Club will be airing God’s story about my life on Thursday, May 9th. I have corrected the times to match our area but mind you the 700 club is an east coast broadcast. They are one hour ahead. The times below are correct for us

Local Direct TV times are:
channel 311 (ABC Family) – 2am, 9am, and 10pm
channel 372 (TBN) – 2pm
channel 378 (NRB) – noon and 9pm

Info for other carriers is in the email below.

These are the channels and the times that they will be airing my story on May 9th on TV

CABLE ABC FAMILY CHANNEL 2am /9am /10pm
CABLE TRINITY BROADCASTING (TBN) CABLE 2pm
Direct TV ABC Family (Channel 311), TBN (Channel 372), NRB (Channel 378)
Dish Network ABC Family (Channel 180), TBN (Channel 260)
Online Watch The 700 Club Live Webcast or On Demand
NOTE: Direct TV & Dish Network take the East Coast Feed, so on the
West Coast, ABC Family airs The 700 Club at 7am, 8pm & 12am

 

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Praise In The Park Iowa 2013

February 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Come and join us a we praise God, celebrate life, and communicate the truth of the gospel through music and testimony at the Kernel’s Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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